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#Canada invests $64.9M in sealift and re-supply operations for the #Arctic. Read here: http://ow.ly/gIOv50CleKo

On Nov 17, the Honourable Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and key provincial government staff visited #HMCSHarryDeWolf in Conception Bay Sou...th. The ship’s company is currently conducting post-acceptance trials and a planned proficiency patrol around the waters off Newfoundland. While in the area from Nov 16 to 18, the ship anchored in the vicinity of Long Pond, where residents got a good view of Canada’s newest warship. Le novembre 17, l’honorable Andrew Furey, premier ministre de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, et des employés clés du gouvernement provincial ont visité le #NCSMHarryDeWolf à Conception Bay South. L’équipage du navire effectue actuellement des essais consécutifs à l’acceptation ainsi qu’une patrouille de vérification des compétences dans les eaux au large de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Pendant son séjour dans la région, du novembre 16 au 18, le navire était ancré à proximité de Long Pond, où les résidents avaient un bon point de vue sur le tout nouveau navire de guerre canadien. Cpl David Veldman Premier of NL Royal Canadian Navy Marine royale canadienne Canadian Armed Forces Forces armées canadiennes Opérations des Forces armées canadiennes Canadian Armed Forces Operations

Dive dive dive! The members of HMCS TORONTO’s dive team pose for a photo following diving operations in Bodo, Norway. The dive team conducts regular inspections... of the ship’s hull, shaft lines and propellers. They also act as rescue divers during person overboard evolutions. Members from the ship volunteer for the team and complete a gruelling 6 week course before they are qualified. Hats-off to our team for all the hard work they do! #diversdown Plongeons! L’équipe de plongée du NCSM Toronto pose pour une photo après les opérations de plongée à Bodo, en Norvège. Les plongeurs effectuent des inspections régulières de la coque, des lignes d’arbres et des hélices du navire. Ils font aussi des plongées de sauvetage pendant les manœuvres de récupération d’une personne à la mer. Les membres d’équipage du navire participent volontairement à l’équipe et suivent à cette fin un cours intensif de six semaines avant de recevoir leur qualification. Chapeau à notre équipe pour tout le travail qu'elle accomplit! #plongeurssousleau

Sergeant Masumi Mitsui, a Japanese Canadian immigrant, sacrificed and risked his life to defend our country and its values. He left his family behind in British... Columbia to fight in the First World War. He hoped, like other racialized minorities, that #military service would help him earn the civil liberties enjoyed by other Canadians. In war, he was promoted to sergeant and earned the Military Medal for his bravery, leadership, and dedication to other soldiers. When he came back home to Canada, he helped Japanese Canadians earn the right to vote in BC in 1931. It would be a bittersweet victory. As the Second World War approached, prejudice and hysteria led to Japanese Canadian citizens being sent to internment camps and reclassified as enemy aliens. When he arrived at the camp with his family, he cast aside his medals and demanded to know What good are these? Sergeant Mitsui’s remarkable achievements eventually came to light. In August 1985, he was the guest of honour in a ceremony to relight the lantern at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park, which had been extinguished in 1942. Masumi Mitsui died in 1987, a few months before his 100th birthday Stories such as Sergeant Masumi Mitsui’s show us that Canada’s military has a diverse history and that the struggles of disenfranchised communities in the #CAF have directly contributed to expanding notions of citizenship and democracy in this country Be a part of our #history: https://Forces.ca #ForcesJobs #ThrowbackThursday #Canada #TBT